Number 71 Bjorn Gelotte

Starting his career as the drummer for In Flames, the band quickly realized just how awesome this guy was at the axe, so they gave him a job as the second guitar player for the band. This guys melody's and harmonies put Maiden to shame, plus his solos are a fantastic blend of speed and melody this guy knows what to use and when to use it, and he never feels the need to show off.

Songs: "Zombie Inc." "Deliver Us" "Come Clarity" "Leeches"

Number 72 John Petrucci

Ever progressive guitar player wants to play like Petrucci, and who blames them? Petrucci is a god among men, he has it all the speed of Batio, the preciseness of Yngwie, but the writing capabilities of Hetfield. Did I mention he's jacked out of his mind and can bench about 600lbs? That definitely counts for something.

Songs: "Forsaken" "As I Am" "Count Of Tuscany" "Lines In The Sand" "Under A Glass Moon"

Number 73 KK Downing

If you've checked out any of the Tipton songs I recommended then you know that there is "another guy" that other guy happens to be the legendary KK Downing. This man brings aggressive guitar playing to another level, abusing the whammy like no other, doing dive bombs and fast alternate picking runs that put SLAYER to shame. KK is an inspirtation to all the kids learning guitar to say "FUCK IT I'M GONNA PLAY AS FAST AS I CAN" When you play like KK, being clean is for noobs.

Songs: "Painkiller" "Sinner" "Before The Dawn"

Number 74 Michael Angelo Batio

Speed is one thing, speed is like Yngwie or Loomis, or Gilbert. Batio, is on a whole 'nother level my friends, he's crazy, he uses the fact that he's ambidextrous to his advantage and plays 2 guitars upside down, AT THE SAME TIME. The dedication in this man's heart to become the fastest ever is just astounding, even if you don't like super fast guitar solos you gotta check him out man he's wicked crazy.

Songs: "Speed Kills" "Burn" "Dream On"

Number 75 Michael Padgett

Being in a band like Bullet For My Valentine, you can get over-looked as a guitar player. But trust me when I say whenever they give Padge a blank canvas to paint on, he rips off the paper and uses the world as his canvas. This guy is astonishing, it's almost funny how such a generic, and watered down band can have such a talented and overall brilliant guitar player. What's more impressive is how he stands doing those terrible ballads every show, Padge you deserve points just for not shooting yourself.

Songs: "Scream Aim And Fire" "Waking The Demon" "Crazy Train"

Number 76 Glenn Tipton

I can't say enough good things about this guy, one of the most influential and revolutionary Metal guitarists of all time. He didn't pick up the guitar until his late teens/early twenties, yet he still managed to blow us all away as one of the two legendary lead guitarists in Judas Priest. This guy deserves huge props for being the inspiration he is and for proving us all that "you CAN teach an old dog new tricks."

Songs: "Painkiller" "Electric Eye" "Breaking The Law (live)"

Number 77 Jesper Stromblad

Being the primary song-writer in a band In Flames isn't easy, but Jesper pulls it off like a pro. This guy never runs out of creative ideas, and no 2 In Flames songs sound the same. This guy is a never ending pit of creativity and talent, sure he may not do a lot of solos but who cares? This guy is a legend in my book, disagree if you want but Jesper you will always be badass to me. In Flames we trust!

Songs: "Take This Life" "Alias" "Come Clarity"

Number 78 Stephen Carpenter

A lot of these Nu-Metal guitar players get over-looked because they don't do solos, well I think that's stupid because Stephen can wield the axe like no other. KoRn, I see your 7 string and raise you an 8 STRING. And he pulls it off too, not like some kid with a new toy who uses it every opportunity he has, but using it like he's been playing one all his life, like an 8 string guitar is all he knows. With complex time signatures, odd and funky chord shapes and progressions, Stephen Carpenter is the Frederik Thordendal of Nu-Metal.

Songs: "Korea" "Back To School (Mini-Maggit)" "Change (In The House Of Flies)"

Number 79 Corey Beaulieu and Matt Heafy

It's hard to make a dynamic duo when it comes to metal, you need 2 guys with a considerable amount of skill but one can't have too much skill because you don't want them stepping on each others toes, but they can't have the same style because that would sound boring. BUT Matt and Corey not only pull it off, but pull it off just as good if not BETTER then the legends (like Maiden) they play as one guitar player, one unit it's astonishing just how tight these guys are, but at the same time they have two completely different styles and two goals to reach for as guitar players these guys blow my mind every time.

Songs: "A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation" "Entrance Of Conflagration" "Shattering The Skies Above"

Number 80 Jake E Lee

With guitarists like Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wylde, and Gus G a guy like Jake can get over-looked but that doesn't mean he's not skilled, oh no, this guy could do to that guitar what most bedroom rockers dream of, writing such hits like "Bark At The Moon," and anyone who's tried to play that knows already what a beast this guy is, "Killer Of Giants" "Shot In The Dark" well, just check out those songs and you'll understand what I mean.

Songs: "Bark At The Moon" "Killer Of Giants" "Shot In The Dark"

Number 81 Jeff Loomis

Jeff Loomis isn't the typical shredder who's just in it to make everybody else look bad, he's actually got astounding melodic control over the fret-board, not to mention high knowledge of music theory and he's about as clean as a quarantined house. Being the (former) primary guitarist, and only writer, for Nevermore is challenge enough but then he starts doing solos, yeah consider your face melted.

Songs: "Sanity Assassin" "Miles Of Machines" "Enemies Of Reality"

Number 82 Doug Aldrich

Doug Aldrich usually falls under the radar as a guitar player because he's primarily a session musician, jumping from band to band, leaving his mark wherever he goes. But ol' Doug has been ripping it up with his trademark style longer then a lot of people. With his solo albums of a rocky-blues feel he decided to venture deeper into the roots of metal and join Dio's band. He then went on (and is currently now in) Whitesnake with the legendary Reb Beach.

Songs: "Push" "Live Whitesnake Solo" "Superfly"

Number 83 Johnny Winter

The soul man himself Mr. Johnny Winter isn't one of your common blues musicians (not just because of his looks) but his approach to the fret-board is uncanny mixing in hybrid picking with the blues and shredding up the big licks like he taught VAN HALEN how to play. This guy is a master axe-man and a hero to all the little bluesy boys and girls that got sick and tired of doing those slow bends.

Songs: "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

Number 84 Nergal

Adam Darski, or more known by his stage name Nergal, is the lead guitarist and frontman for the Blackened Death Metal band "Behemoth" the grandmaster of the genre, a man so badass and so "tr00" that he even scared the shit out of the cancer that tried to kill him. A very underrated guitar player his solo in "Conquer All" should go down in history as one of metals best solos.

Songs: "Conquer All"

85 Uli Jon Roth

Lead guitar player to the Scorpions and one of the first guitar virtuoso's this man is just awesome. There's no way to say enough about a master of his instrument. Such a master, in fact, that when he had his custom sky guitar designed he added an extra 10 frets and 1 more knob then your normal 4 knob guitar. Not just a guitar player, but a composer and a master.

Songs: "Sails Of Charon" "Enola Gay"

86 Michael Schenker

Many guitar players and guitar teachers alike would lead you to believe that the only way to be a successful musician is to listen to all your heroes and emulate them, creating your own style through theirs, oh and don't forget to learn a shit load of theory as well. Well both cases are untrue in Michael Schenker's case, a fantastic and VERY influential guitar player who doesn't even know what palm-muting is, he just does it. And once he started his career he gave up listening to music and focused solely on writing it.

Songs: "Lights Out In London" "Rock Bottom" "Only You Can Rock Me"

Number 87 Yngwie Malmsteen

Taking shred guitar to the next level, guitar virtuoso and classically influenced Yngwie Malmsteen is the grand-daddy. If Eddie is the father, then Yngwie is definitely the brother of Eddie. Despite the obsession with blues based guitar playing, Yngwie saw past all that and discovered his own way of playing that didn't use the pentatonic and blues scale but played off of minor scales. This was the birth of Neo-classical.

Songs: "Black Star" "Rising Force" "Far Beyond The Sun"

Number 88 Eddie Van Halen

The God-father of the tapping technique, he is responsible for the mid-eighties shred era. Wailing guitars, screaming harmonics, dive bombs, the works this guy coined it all. A master, if you play shred guitar you've got to be influenced by Van Halen.

Songs: "Eruption" "You Really Got Me" "Hot For Teacher"

Number 89 Adrian Smith

I know a legendary guitar duo like Iron Maiden and I'm only putting one of the two guitar gods on the list. I have a reason. During Adrian's hiatus from Iron Maiden he grew as a musician, greatly, adapting new techniques to his style and growing from a typical British Metal Master, into a British Musical Genius despite his lack of theory knowledge.

Songs: "The Trooper" "Hallowed Be Thy Name" "Number Of The Beast"

Number 90 Oli Herbert

He's been called Jesus because of his looks and God because of his skill. I think both accusations are true. This man is living prove that with dedication, hard work, and a great attitude your dreams can come true. Starting off his guitar playing life hating solos and only play Metallica riffs, he quickly realized that not all solos have to be so "High and annoying like Slash and his cock-rock buddies played them," so he took a few lessons and started a band, which eventually flopped due to his "sucky playing, I was playing real melodic stuff, like Kerry King solos ha ha." He went to a musicians institute and got his bachelors degree in music theory, he then joined Metalcore band All That Remains. The rest is history!

Songs: "Two Weeks" "Chiron"